by Kagro X
In light of developments such as this, in which a North Carolina man has now been arrested for allegedly offering a $250,000 bounty on the life of Michael Schiavo, I'm thinking it would be worthwhile to translate some of the Terri Schiavo coverage into other languages, so that the people of other regions of the world who have experience with this kind of extremism can get a better understanding of our own violent fundamentalist-extremists.
I thought I might start with this recent Oliver Willis post: Schiavo Is About The Base.
But I'm stuck. Has anybody got a good Arabic translation for "The Base?"
I don't have a comment other than to say that between coughs I'm laughing my ass off.
Posted by: DHinMI | March 26, 2005 at 19:40
Like, no shit.
My friends in other countries think America has gone completely nuts, and it is truly scary to them.
And the real tragedy is, there will be blood spilled before this is all over. If you just listen for 5 minutes to the hate and vitriol filling the airwaves, you know it's not going to be just one nutcase who decides to take out Michael Shiavo, his girlfriend, his kids, the judge, and/or someone else. It might not happen today or this week, but you know it's going to happen.
And it will be on the hands of the Bushes, Tom Delay, Bill Frist, and especially Fox and CNN.
Posted by: Ducktape | March 26, 2005 at 20:13
If I'm not mistaken, the word in Arabic for base (no lie) al-Qaeda.
Posted by: KdmFromPhila | March 26, 2005 at 21:41